Israeli troops have killed an unarmed Palestinian in the Gaza Strip in the latest wave of attacks on the coastal enclave, which has been under Israeli blockade for more than five years.

Palestinian medical professionals said early on Monday that the victim was an unarmed mentally deranged man.

The medical professionals said Israeli forces did not allow them to pick the injured man up for a couple of hours and that the man died of injuries for which he could have been treated.

A Zionist military spokeswoman confirmed the killing of the 23-year-old, saying that the shooting took place after darkness fell on Sunday.

The Israeli forces frequently attack the Gaza Strip, saying the actions are being conducted for defensive purposes. However, disproportionate force is always used, in violation of international law, and civilians are often killed or injured.

Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.

The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.

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Relatives of Palestinian Ahmed al-Nabaheen mourn next to his body during his funeral at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip November 5, 2012. Israeli soldiers have shot and killed al-Nabaheen, a Palestinian man, who approached a fence near the border with Israel, medics said on Monday. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the shooting took place after darkness fell on Sunday, saying troops opened warning shots when a man walking west of the border in a riverbed failed to heed orders to leave the buffer area Israel maintains to try and prevent cross-border attacks. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Ahmed Al- Nabahin, 23, during his funeral in the Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. A Palestinian hospital official says Israeli forces have shot and killed a man at the border fence with the Gaza Strip. It wasn’t immediately clear if the man was a civilian. The area is frequently used by militants to fire rockets at nearby Jewish communities, but sometimes others like the mentally disabled enter the area, not understanding its dangers. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) AP

Palestinians mourn over the body of Ahmed al-Nabaheen during his funeral in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on November 5, 2012. Nabaheen, a Palestinian man apparently suffering psychiatric problems, was killed by Israeli troops after he approached Gaza’s border fence, Palestinian medical sources said. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS

Palestinians mourn over the body of Ahmed al-Nabaheen during his funeral in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on November 5, 2012. Nabaheen, a Palestinian man apparently suffering psychiatric problems, was killed by Israeli troops after he approached Gaza’s border fence, Palestinian medical sources said. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS

The mother of Palestinian Ahmed Al- Nabahin, 23, grieves over his body during his funeral in the Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. A Palestinian hospital official says Israeli forces have shot and killed a man at the border fence with the Gaza Strip. It wasn’t immediately clear if the man was a civilian. The area is frequently used by militants to fire rockets at nearby Jewish communities, but sometimes others like the mentally disabled enter the area, not understanding its dangers. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) AP

The mother of Palestinian Ahmed Al- Nabahin, 23, grieves over his body during his funeral in the Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. A Palestinian hospital official says Israeli forces have shot and killed a man at the border fence with the Gaza Strip. It wasn’t immediately clear if the man was a civilian. The area is frequently used by militants to fire rockets at nearby Jewish communities, but sometimes others like the mentally disabled enter the area, not understanding its dangers. Photo by Wafa

A 21-year-old Palestinian, who was shot and wounded Sunday night in the Gaza Strip, was left on the ground until he bled to death, witnesses said on Monday.
They said Israeli soldiers stationed on a tower overlooking Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip opened fire at Ahmad Nabaheen as he approached the fence surrounding the Gaza Strip.
Nabaheen was critically wounded and attempts to ev
acuate him by local ambulances failed when soldiers refused to allow them to approach him.
Witnesses said the soldiers did not allow anyone to reach Nabaheen for six hours while he was still showing signs he was alive but when it was clear he died, they allowed the ambulances to evacuate the body.
Residents described Nabaheen as mentally disturbed, which explains why he approached the fence knowing that the soldiers manning it would shoot him.
Israel has set up a 300-meter buffer zone inside the Gaza Strip and soldiers would shoot without warning at any person inside that area and even further out to a distance of 1000 meters. Photo by Wafa

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For who does not understand the need or concept of resistance of Palestine, recommended read: The History of Resistance | The Eagle of Palestine

* The list of shuhada does not display, the numerous victims of the zionist occupation which are undocumented by media. Nor it displays the victims of the “silent onslaught” due to restrictions of movement, ability to go to hospitals for treatment or life saving surgery, due to lack of medication because of the blockades and so on. For example: The Slow Motion Genocide by the Siege on Gaza only, killed 600 patients since Gaza got under Israeli Siege.

Neither does this list, display the avoidable mortality. A clear and statistical factual evidence, about the number of deaths due to indecent ruling by occupation forces. For even an occupier has obligations under International Laws, Geneva Convention and the Hague regulations, which it is neglecting. These circumstances, together with deliberate policies of the occupier to neglect and even deny every basic human right, severes avoidable mortality which is totally silenced by media or reporting organisations. While in the Holocaust, 1 on 6 Jewish people directly died of deliberate neglect, so if we believe the facts over 1 million due to avoidable mortality, neither should these same circumstances be ignores which are ongoing in Palestine. For this report displays a avoidable morality of at least 0,5 million Palestinians.

How many more dead corpses of Palestinians does the international community need to see in order to act? How many more cruelties and violations of Human Rights, Regulations and International Law will be needed to intervene so this ongoing warcrime is being stopped once and for all.